philippine-american war vs. the iraq war

[WalterMitty]

1. which was worse?

2. in which conflict did americans commit the most war crimes

3.  how come history forgets about the philippines insurgency?

just think, if there was an internet around in 1900, i bet a lot of goobers would be typing 'OMG MCKINLEY IS LIKE A WAR CRIMINAL  LOLZ!!!111

[MODU]

Different type of wars, unfortunately.  It's kinda hard to compare a single-land mass made of mostly desert terrain war compared to a war on multiple islands of dense jungle and swamps.

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just think, if there was an internet around in 1900, i bet a lot of goobers would be typing 'OMG MCKINLEY IS LIKE A WAR CRIMINAL  LOLZ!!!111

Yeah well they would be right. At least in Iraq you had the whole "remove the brutal dictator" excuse, that one was just pure imperialism.

[Rob]

just think, if there was an internet around in 1900, i bet a lot of goobers would be typing 'OMG MCKINLEY IS LIKE A WAR CRIMINAL  LOLZ!!!111

Well, uh, he was an imperialist (whether or not he was a "war criminal" would be a matter of some debate, of course). His excuse for annexation was that the US needed to spread the love of God among the heathen Filipinos (who were actually Roman Catholic*, but never mind). Of course the conflict was far worse than the war in Iraq- IIRC something like half a million Filipinos were killed. Of course, we ended up granting independence and we maintain a "special relationship" with the Philippines, but damn... it was a brutal war.

*With the exception of some Muslims on Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

[WalterMitty]

how were veterans of this conflict recognized?  were they listed as veterans of the spanish-american wat?  or were they not recognized at all?

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I don't know about the first two, but the answer to the 3rd is that it ended just in time for World War 1, which was followed by the Great influenza.

[Rob]

how were veterans of this conflict recognized?  were they listed as veterans of the spanish-american wat?  or were they not recognized at all?

I don't think they were generally recognized, although the initial fighting may have been lumped in with the Spanish-American War.